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Jaguars GM doesn't plan to renegotiate Maurice Jones-Drew's contract

Jaguars general manager Gene Smith expects every player under contract to attend the team’s mandatory minicamp.

Whether that means running back Maurice Jones-Drew will be there, he isn’t sure. But the Jaguars have no plans to give Jones-Drew a new deal.

“He has expressed that he would like to renegotiate and we have expressed, again, that we feel he has a contract with two years left and we expect him to fulfill those obligations," Smith said.

Smith said the Jaguars have not had contract discussions with Jones-Drew’s agent, Adisa Bakari, though the two have spoken.

Jones-Drew skipped the Jaguars' voluntary offseason programs including a voluntary minicamp and voluntary organized team activities. But if Jones-Drew does not attend this week's minicamp, which starts tomorrow, he can be fined because the camp is mandatory.

"That's a decision that certainly is the head coach's decision," Smith said of fining Jones-Drew. "And I would support that."

Jones-Drew has two years left on a five-year, $31 million contract he signed in 2009. He is scheduled to make $4.45 million this year and $4.95 million in 2013.